The Supreme Court has delivered judgment on the appeal filed by the
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, seeking to halt his ongoing trial at
the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.
In delivering judgment on Friday 5th February, the Apex Court declared that Saraki’s CCT trial is proper and in order.
Saraki is facing trial for false declaration of assets while he was the Governor of Kwara State.
Saraki had appealed the October 30, 2015, judgment of the Court of
Appeal, which dismissed his appeal challenging the jurisdiction of the
CCT to try him for alleged false declaration of assets.
Saraki was arraigned before the CCT on September 22, 2015 on a 13-count
after initial resistance, prompting the tribunal to issue a bench
warrant for his arrest.
In its October 30 judgment, a three-man panel of the appeal court, in a split decision of two-to-one held that Saraki’s appeal lacked merit.
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